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Paul Szpak

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Wed, 07/24/2019 - 17:23
First Name
Paul
Last Name
Szpak
Email
paulszpak@trentu.ca
Phone
705-748-1011 ext. 6373
Location
Life and Health Sciences Complex C227
Campus
Peterborough
Job Title
Assistant Professor
Job Designation
Canada Research Chair in Environmental Archaeology
Accreditation
B.A. (McMaster), Ph.D. (Western)
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Professor Paul Szpak
Home Department
Anthropology
Program Affiliation
Anthropology M.A.
Archaeology
Environmental and Life Sciences M.Sc.
Environmental and Life Sciences Ph.D.
Areas of Expertise
Archaeology
Human Diets, Ancient
Publications
Jaouen, K., Szpak, P., Richards, M.P., 2016. Zinc Isotope Ratios as Indicators of Diet and Trophic Level in Arctic Marine Mammals. PLoS One 11, e0152299.
Guiry, E.J., Szpak, P., Richards, M.P., 2016. Effects of lipid extraction and ultrafiltration on stable carbon and nitrogen isotopic compositions of fish bone collagen. Rapid Communications
in Mass Spectrometry 30, 1591-1600.
Szpak, P., Millaire, J.-F., White, C.D., Lau, G.F., Surette, F., Longstaffe, F.J., 2015. Origins of Prehispanic Camelid Wool Textiles from the North and Central Coasts of Peru traced by
Carbon and Nitrogen Isotopic Analyses. Current Anthropology 56, 449-459.
Szpak, P., 2014. Complexities of Nitrogen Isotope Biogeochemistry in Plant-Soil Systems: Implications for the Study of Ancient Agricultural and Animal Management Practices. Frontiers in Plant Science 5, 288.
Szpak, P., Longstaffe, F.J., Millaire, J.-F., White, C.D., 2014. Large variation in nitrogen isotopic composition of a fertilized legume. Journal of Archaeological Science 45, 72-79.
Szpak, P., Millaire, J.-F., White, C.D., Longstaffe, F.J., 2014. Small scale camelid husbandry on the north coast of Peru (Virú Valley): Insight from stable isotope analysis. Journal of Anthropological Archaeology 36, 110-129.
Szpak, P., Orchard, T.J., Salomon, A.K., Gröcke, D.R., 2013. Regional ecological variability and impact of the maritime fur trade on nearshore ecosystems in southern Haida Gwaii (British Columbia, Canada): evidence from stable isotope analysis of rockfish (Sebastes spp.) bone collagen. Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences 5, 159-182.
Szpak, P., White, C.D., Longstaffe, F.J., Millaire, J.-F., Vásquez Sánchez, V.F., 2013. Carbon and Nitrogen Isotopic Survey of Northern Peruvian Plants: Baselines for Paleodietary and Paleoecological Studies. PLoS One 8, e53763.
Research Centres and Institutions
Archaeological Research Centre
Areas of Research

Stable isotopes, palaeoecology, historical ecology, archaeological science, environmental archaeology, bone chemistry, palaeodiet, domestication and animal husbandry; North American Arctic, Peru and Chile, British Columbia, California

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